gender dysphoria

Ohio Supreme Court hears case over state ban for gender transition medications for youths

WOSU News Staff

The law took effect in 2024. A Columbus family and a Cincinnati family sued the state. Each has a transgender child diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Demonstrators outside the Ohio Statehouse showing support for transgender kids as a House committee hears a Republican backed bill to ban gender affirming treatments for minors under 18.

Politics & Government

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors to be decided by Ohio Supreme Court

Karen Kasler

The Ohio Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a 2024 state law banning gender-affirming medications and non-surgical treatments that are standard care for gender dysphoria.

Anna Lange, who works for the sheriff's office in Houston County, Ga., discovered that her health insurance plan excludes transgender services. She is seeking to challenge that policy.

News Partners

Fresh Challenges To State Exclusions On Transgender Health Coverage

Keren Landman

Although federal law prohibits health insurance plans from discriminating against transgender individuals, a Georgia county specifically excludes trans-related health care from coverage.

Abby Parmelee applies makeup to her friend McKenna Meyers before a play at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois. Parmelee, who's 18, came out as a transgender woman to her entire school her junior year.

Side Effects Public Media

Not 'Just A Phase': Growing Up With Gender Dysphoria

Cass Herrington

The transition from youth to adolescence can be anxiety-inducing, navigating the physical changes and social pressures to fit in.